Allen Cherson

Experience

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  Nassau REMAC

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2011

  Member

  Developing prehospital medical protocols for paramedics and emergency medical technicians.

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  Woodmere fire District

  Feb 1994 - Aug 2017

  EMS Medical Director/Fire District Surgeon

  Responsible for medical oversight, performance improvement, and planning for the provision of pre-hospital emergency medical care to the residents of the fire district and its protection districts as well as policy development and implementation.

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  NYC REMAC

  Jan 1996 - now

  Subcommittee of the NYC REMAC Medical Standards Committee responsible for credentialing all advanced life support providers within the New York City Region. Developing medical protocols for prehospital emergency medical care.

  • Chairman Certification & Credentialing Subcommittee

    Jan 2006 - now

  • Member

    Jan 1996 - Jan 2011
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  FDNY

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2003

  Deputy Medical Director

  Developing and approving medical and operational policy and procedure for the operation of the NY City 911 EMS system. Training paramedics and EMTs,disaster response, and field management and supervision at major operations and incidents

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  New York Hospital of Queens

  Aug 1997 - Oct 1998

  Ambulance Service Medical Director

  Attending physician in Emergency Department of a Level I Trauma Center and responsible for medical oversight and performance improvement of both emergency ambulance services provided to the NYC 911 service as well as inter-facility ambulance transport.

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  Fire Department City of New York

  Oct 1998 - Jun 2003

  Deputy Medical Director

  As a Deputy Medical Director for FDNY I had many repsonsibilities including Medical Director of Training, Division 4 Medical Director, as well as involvement in planning for Weapons of Mass Destruction & other Mass Casualty Incidents. Field response policy planning, protocol & equipment development were all part of the job of providing medical oversight to the largest municipal perhospital emergency medical service in the country.

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  Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center

  Jun 2003 - Dec 2013

  Assistant Director of Emergency Medicine

  Administering the operations and performance improvement for a Level I Trauma Center attending to approximately 103,000 patients annually and working with the Network Emergency Management team to prepare the hospital and network to face all challenges to to the continued mission of the hospital & health care network in the event of a disaster.

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  REMSCO

  Jan 2005 - now

  Chairman, Certification & Credentialing Subcommittee

  Developing and managing the credentialing process for paramedics providing prehospital emergency medical care in the City of New York

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  MediSys Health Network

  Jan 2005 - Apr 2013

  Medical Director NDLS Training Center

  Policy and curriculum development,course supervision, and provider education.

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  Medisys (acquise par TELUS Santé | acquired by TELUS Health)

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2009

  NDLS Medical Director
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  Incident Management Solutions, Inc.

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2013

  Consulting Physician
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  StatHealth

  May 2014 - Jan 2018

  Physician

  Treating and evaluating large volumes of patients in an urgent care setting. Board Certified in Quality Assurance and Utilization Review (CHCQM), Certified Professional in Health Care Quality.

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  Advantage Care Physicians

  Jan 2018 - Sept 2022

  Medical Director, Urgent Care
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  ODA Primary Health Care Network

  Aug 2022 - now

  Director of Urgent Care Services